The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 131

After saying that, Gerald walked up to the car to take a look.

He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t distressed at the sight of his broken car at all.

Moreover, what could he possibly do now? What has happened, has happened. Plus it was Mila’s grandmother’s birthday banquet today.

If he demanded them to pay for the damages incurred, what would it make Mila look like?

Besides that, it was also have been too embarrassing.

Out of no choice, he was left to bottle his bitter sufferings in silence.

And with that, Gerald could only ask them to carry on whatever they were doing. He could perhaps later on drive his car to the 4S shop to fix the damages.

“Who do you think you are? Do you think that everything will be okay just because you say that it’s okay?”

“Those who don’t know any better would actually think that you are actually Mr. Crawford from Mayberry Commercial Street. Let’s only talk about all these when you finally reach that point in life!”

“Exactly! If we leave right now, then this will definitely be treated as a hit-and-run case. Adding on to that, we’ll have to bear a very huge responsibility because this would be a case that costs so much money! How can you have no legal consciousness at all!”

A group of Mila’s cousins, aunts and uncles immediately began mocking Gerald.

Irene grabbed this opportunity to add to the flames, “He is just a country bumpkin who does not know anything at all. So, how can you talk about legal consciousness with him?”

“Right okay, let’s not talk about him anymore. He can’t be of any help anyway. We might as well use all of our efforts to see if we can use any of our connections to resolve this matter instead.”

Rita glanced at Gerald faintly before she fixed her attention back to the topic of the car.

“Rita is right. Since it has already happened, escaping is not a solution. Ah! If we really have no choice, then I will contact Mr. Logan from the Bureau of Commerce. Back then, your grandfather had a very close relationship with him. Perhaps, he might know the identity of this young man!”

The old lady replied.

Many people started whipping out their cell phones to call their own contacts.

Kenneth did not want to be outdone. He wanted to see if he could use his connections to find out more about the owner of the car.

Gerald shook his head wryly.

If this continued, everyone would be placed in a very awkward situation.

Ugh!

Gerald sighed before he took out his car key.

Beep! Beep!

Two beeps.

The lights started flashing.

“Ahh?”

All of them were taken aback.

They then saw Gerald slowly walking forward.

He pressed a button again.

There were two buzzing sounds.

The Lamborghini made a mechanical sound and the sunroof opened automatically, as it folded into a kind of roadster.

Gerald picked up a bottle of mineral water from the driver’s seat.

He was really thirsty.

After taking a few mouthfuls, he wiped his mouth before he said, “I’ve already told you, that it’s no big deal. You can go and get busy with your own plans.”

No one replied to Gerald at all. Instead, he was greeted with a pin-drop silence.

Smack!

Kenneth was just about to make a phone call when his cell phone fell to the ground because he did not hold it firmly in his hand.

Glup!

Kyle and his girlfriend could only swallow their saliva.

Irene started breathing rapidly as her mouth gapped slightly, indicating the intense shock she was feeling at that very moment.

Rita was standing next to Gerald. A confused look ran all over her face before she slowly looked at Gerald in surprise.

The old lady was also stunned.

Everyone was flabbergasted.

“This car…belongs to Gerald?”

No one knew who broke the silence first.

More so, that person who spoke out captured everyone else’s inner consternation with much precision.

Mila was also very surprised and she asked, “Gerald, this car is yours?”

“Of course, it is mine. Didn’t I tell you earlier that I’ll be bringing you out for a drive one of these days?”

Gerald replied.

Mila remembered now.

It was the day of the driving test. When Gerald was sending her back to her dormitory, he said that he would drive her around in a luxury car soon.

Back then, she replied that she would be waiting then!

And as for Gerald, he then told her that he was actually a rich second generation.

To that statement, she playfully responded, “Mr. Crawford, I would be waiting for that day to come.”

Mila was simply joking around to play along with Gerald’s joke back then.

Who would’ve thought that seeing Gerald open his Lamborghini sports car’s door right in front of her eyes, Mila felt as though she was dreaming.

“Gerald, is this car really yours? I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it!!!”

Irene finally came to her senses and she felt her cheeks were sore and started acting up hysterically.

Gerald, you are nothing but a pathetic jerk. A pathetic jerk who won a small prize.

How could you possibly afford to buy such an expensive car?

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Two million six hundred thousand dollars!

What kind of status was this?

Impossible!

Irene rushed over to the car before she unceremoniously flipped out the car driving permit.

“Snap!”

Upon looking at the permit, Irene froze as she dropped the car driving permit to the ground.

She was dumbfounded.

“If you don’t want to look at it, just don’t look at it. Why do you have to throw it on the ground?”

Gerald could not help but smiled wryly.

“Some people do not have any knowledge or experience. Likewise, her father and mother too. They do not have any knowledge or experience in this at all. Gerald, why don’t you tell auntie how you met our Mila?”

Helen quickly ran over to pick up the car driving permit before glancing at it. She then grabbed Gerald’s wrist the next immediately second..

She started acting very cordially as though she was holding her own son’s hand.

“Oh, auntie. We met when we were learning how to drive!”

Gerald replied.

“Hahaha. I knew all along that our Mila has such good taste. In fact, I already knew that you were not just a simple man when I first saw you, Gerald. How can those people such as Quinton or Victor possibly be compared to you?”

“Umm…”

These words put Gerald in an awkward spot.

After all, who was that person who drove him out of their house in the past?

“Yes, Gerald. Cough. Cough. I am so sorry about this matter. Our Mason crashed into your car and damaged it!”

The old lady’s tone drastically changed, it was more pleasant and caring.

She walked towards Gerald with a smile on her face.

She was really shook to the core because of this incident.

But, it then turned out that the owner of this luxurious car was actually her grandson-in-law.

Aside from a handful who still couldn’t comprehend the fact that Gerald was indeed a local tycoon, everyone else started to open up and speak to Gerald.

Since he was in a hurry to go and repair his own car, Gerald didn’t bother waiting but was getting ready to leave even before the birthday banquet was over.

“Gerald, I’ll be heading to school later in the afternoon. Why don’t I accompany you to repair your car then?”

Mila asked playfully.

What a day. Both experiencing shocks and also a pleasant surprise.

To sum it up, she was filled with inexplicable excitement.

“Of course! After all, I told you that I’d bring you out for a ride. Get in!”

Although it was an important birthday banquet, the fact that Mila was able to go out with Gerald felt like the best gift to the old lady.

They then took off together.

“Gerald, are you really a rich second generation? So you’ve been lying to me all this while? Wait a minute, don’t tell me that you’re really the top young master, Mr. Crawford from Mayberry Commercial Street?”

Mila shot off curiously as she perched in the passenger seat.

Gerald did not know how he should answer her questions.

He was indeed the Mr. Crawford that they had been talking about.

Was he really going to fully disclose his own identity? This could only end up with one result. He would not be able to stay in this school any longer.

Because of that, Gerald decided to hide it.

He shook his head and asked, “So are you hoping that I’m Mr. Crawford, or are you hoping for me not to be him?”

“Not! Because if you really are Mr. Crawford, then you’ll not belong in the same world as us anymore. I will lose a good friend like you then!”

“Hehehe. I am not. Besides that, how can someone like Mr. Crawford possibly be driving a car that is only worth one million five hundred thousand to three million dollars? And also, just take a look at me! If it weren’t for you who picked out my clothes and matched it for me, I wouldn’t be wearing such nice clothes!”

“I simply won the lottery. I won a lot of money!”

Gerald replied as derailed.

“Hmph. That is also true. So, you are still my good friend, Gerald!”

Mila replied with a bright smile.

Gerald then realised that although Mila was someone highly intellectual, she would never think about the complexity of a question.

If it was any other girl, she would definitely be pestering him to get to the bottom of the matter.

However, Mila did not question him any further after finding out that Gerald was not Mr. Crawford.

To her, it was the same, regardless of whether Gerald was rich or not.

Gerald had sent his car to the Lamborghini shop and Wilson helped arrange for the most professional technician to repair his car.

Once that was settled, Gerald went for a walk with Mila.

“Let me buy you a cup of milk tea,” Gerald flashed a tiny smile. The both of them spotted a milk tea shop by the roadside as they were walking.

“Haha, you don’t have to! Remember that I still owe you a cup of milk tea? Plus, it’s me who asked you to pretend to be my boyfriend today. So, I owe you!”

At the mention of milk tea, Mila couldn’t help but think of the first time they met.

She was already walking towards the milk tea shop as they were conversing.

Gerald remained silent and he simply waited for Mila. A cup of milk tea was probably not enough to repay the debt that she owed him!

Gerald was waiting by the side of the road when he suddenly heard a cry for help.

“Help! Help!”

Gerald turned around and he saw that the Mayberry City’s moat was not too far away. A woman was yelling frantically.

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Gerald felt his heart skip a beat when he heard the cry for help.

He hastily rushed over.

The moat was pretty desolate as there were no parks or anything else nearby.

The woman was crying and she was drenched from head to toe.

When she saw Gerald, she almost collapsed to her knees. “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Please help save my daughter!”

The woman was beautiful and appeared to be wearing a lot of fine jewelry. It seemed as though she was quite a figure.

She hurriedly pointed at the river and Gerald could see a young girl flailing about in the water.

Her daughter had obviously tripped into the water. The woman tried to rescue her daughter but she could only plead desperately for help as she didn’t know how to swim.

Gerald watched in horror as the young girl’s body slowly stopped moving and started sinking.

He knew that it would be way too late if he did not act upon it now.

Without thinking twice, he dove into the river at an accelerated speed.

Gerald’s family used to live in a village in a small county town. There was a river by the village and Gerald learnt how to swim ever since he was a young child.

Fortunately, the water in this moat was not too deep.

Thankfully, the young girl knew some basic swimming skills which made it easier for Gerald to save the young girl, but the experience she went through was simply daunting, though without any serious mishaps.

After he carried the young girl up, the child choked a little and her face was flushed red.

Her mother was so distressed and she kept patting her back gently. She kept thanking Gerald profusely.

“Call 120 first!”

“Yes, the child is too young. Oh! What kind of mother are you? How can you allow your child to come to the water all by herself?”

Several citizens ran over as soon as they heard the commotion.

Some were making phone calls while several older women started criticizing the young mother.

Uncles and aunties, please don’t scold my mom. Tessa is the one who insisted on coming here to release my wishing boat. This

girl heard her mother getting ridiculed, she cried out in defense as

“What an obedient child!”

your child. If this man did not

young man is

at the side looked at Gerald who was completely drenched, with a

weak Tessa over as slowly walked

thank you so much. What is your name? Where do

for his address as she wanted

to not know the intention of her query. All he did was save a person. Gerald believed

waved it

should take your daughter to

around to leave

I

A weak Tessa asked.

this close to death and was shaken to the

was, who jumped in to save her without any hesitation at all. This was the sole reason why she

smiling at her, he ignored the young mother who was still calling

probably one of those once-off encounters

to the side of

than twenty

bought her milk tea

the side of the road, Mila was nowhere

Hmm?

milk tea after such a long

wet as it had been

car shop since she could not reach him on his

looked around but he could not find her

shop first, but

him at the

tell Gerald that his

parts of the car, under the intensive care of a few experienced technicians in less than forty

way, Mr. Wilson, did the girl who came

there a problem, Mr. Crawford? Did

No

hanging up.

to go home. She would not

be found and she was

could she have

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but he could not find her at all. Plus, his

about an hour of searching, he was now drenched

Gerald had already ruled out all of the possibilities and had already been waiting around the area for

couldn’t see Mila anywhere at

more he thought about it, the more Gerald started

to the car shop to see if he could get his cell phone to turn

it for a while, he finally managed

phone calls and sent many text messages to

his cell phone had been turned off at that

hurriedly returned her call but he realized that

What was happening?

remain his composure

tried calling Mila’s house but he noticed that she

Something definitely had happened.

raised his

seemed to be a

milk tea shop? I want to take a look at the surveillance camera

Gerald immediately got up.

stuck by Gerald the entire time after he came back to the

that Gerald’s girlfriend might be in trouble, he was

knew the manager. He quickly led Gerald

of the surveillance camera, Gerald starting figuring it out

about two

Mila bought the milk tea and stepped out of the shop, she

Gerald but discovered that Gerald’s cell phone was turned

Mila was very anxious.

squatted by the roadside as she waited for ten minutes, but Gerald did not come back at

few minutes, a black Passat suddenly stopped right next to

a cap stepped

you Mila?” the young man

she

He had to leave earlier because he had an emergency at home. He asked me

a peaked cap smiled

around quickly to observe his surroundings as he looked carefully towards the

will give Gerald a call again. Why

any doubts because the man knew of Gerald’s name

he left in such a hurry, then something must have come up. He

she lived in Paradise Ville. Looking at all these right signs, Gerald must be the

no doubts about

little uneasy because she

several times but she could not get through his

still have to pick another

The driver urged.

leaving! You

car because she didn’t want to make the

Why did he leave just like that? He did not even bother to call her at

would not be able to

ten minutes after

walked over to the milk tea shop in his wet

screen! Zoom in

when

was but he did not dare to reject a request as

followed Gerald’s instructions and he rewound the video before zooming into the

the driver’s

of his cap was pulled down low and there was slight stubble

could still recognize

It was him?!

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Nigel!

the screen and fiddled about for a bit, the person shown in the picture was none other than Nigel from the Fisher family. No matter how much Nigel tried to

Nigel was the trigger and the

been keeping tabs on him. Out of anger, Gerald called Zack for help, to teach

found out about this matter, she simply did not just teach Nigel a lesson. Instead, she made

taken away at the entrance of the Mountain

family was completely destroyed. They had to hand the Grand Marshall Restaurant over and the restaurant was

turned from a rich second generation into

he already turned out this way before he even knew

was Nigel kidnapping

Gerald was baffled.

he simply kidnapping her to blackmail them for a sum

situation,

Mila something and he finally convinced Mila before she agreed to get into

also noticed

eyes were constantly looking towards

though he knew and was

for

of him, then it would certainly

what it was, what Gerald was most certain of

thought hard about

Gerald’s

from

right. I should call you Mr. Crawford instead. Do you

indifferent and arrogant voice crackled through from the other

is

as soon as he

thought that you were nothing but a pauper. But what? You are actually the wealthy and influential young master who owns the entire Mayberry Commercial Street? I used to think that my dad was really bullish but he was just working for you all along! If it wasn’t for me who heard Zack secretly making a phone call to you when I was planning to retaliate against him, I

Mr. Crawford, why do you have to hold it against me when you are already so rich and powerful? Yes, I was the one who asked Yuri to snatch your girlfriend from you. It was wrong of me. But then, you destroyed my family and you left me with nothing

know I did feel that I was being a little too cruel and heartless at that time, but now I do not

innocent. Let her go. I’ll come to you

thought, it felt too boring. What more, I have such a beautiful young woman next to me right now. This is really worth it!

you must not come

“Don’t come! Sob…sob…”

cried and yelled over

Gerald grew extremely anxious.

Mila’s boyfriend, Mila was still out with

reason why Nigel kidnapped Mila was

all because

save your girlfriend, then you should come and see me at the unfinished building in the south of the city. Do not contact Zack. It will be useless anyway. If anyone else comes, then I

“Du…du…du…”

soon as

Gerald grew pale.

leaked and he had attracted Nigel’s attention. And look where this brought him, Nigel who was already mentally unsound is now launching a revenge

was certain that this guy would be capable of doing anything

the situation, it wouldn’t be enough to rely on his own

look for Zack so that he could help him to come up with a

and filled him in. Zack

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him so that they

to act rashly. Zack couldn’t

to resign. No, worse

up before Zack

He then told

that he had to leave

“Oh! Isn’t that Gerald?”

my! It is really him! What is he doing

the store is recruiting some sales representatives at the moment. Is he trying to apply for the job? Doesn’t

Even if he really won the lottery, he still has a very poor temperament. It makes people sick to

Gerald’s presence was unexpected.

their ridicule that

feeling just all messed up inside. He simply glared in

his classmate, Howard. The both of them each had

worse, the two who were following behind were none other than Nathaniel and

in the past. You should have told me that the person was him then I

laughed as he

In fact, I have also

got to know Howard through Nathaniel and then, she naturally got to know

not just

with Victor and the others,

to try and gain his favor. She was even ready to bring Gerald to open a room and spend

and Quinn was indulged in the

when she received an invitation to attend a party from Nathaniel. That was when Quinn met Howard and Quinton and she felt as though she had

rich second generation

for Gerald who had just won the lottery, he was nothing more than an ugly

stared coldly at Gerald the

then said, “Perhaps he had already finished spending almost all of his money. That is why he is so desperate to look for a job right now. Hahaha. Let’s not be bothered about him anymore.

newly repaired Lamborghini Reventon

was very worried and anxious. So, how could he possibly be bothered about them

time to pay any attention to their

Beep! Beep!

Two beeps.

pushed Quinn away from the car door and stepped into his car

then revved up the engine and zoomed out

was about to

them were dumbfounded as they continued

car away? This

Ahh!

that be

across her face. “Look!

Quinn shouted.

who have worked for less than five years will be on vacation

Quinton but he simply gave his instructions

got to work

of them were

“Brakeee!”

emergency brake sounds

already lined in front of

of the car before dashing

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”Zack? Uncle Zack!”

here. He could see the expression on Zack’s face at that time and he

had not fully regained his senses and composure

“Mr. Lyle!”

Wilson greeted him immediately.

are things? Where is

Zack hurriedly asked.

already gone over there first. He’s afraid that

Wilson hurriedly said.

Hurry, take me to the place that Mr. Crawford is headed to. No matter what, nothing bad can happen to Mr.

as he walked out of the door. Concurrently, Zack also sent a text message to Gerald first before carefully taking out a

the others

“What? Crawford…Mr. Crawford?”

this meant? The Mr. Crawford that Zack was

Mr. Crawford? Mr.

not have heard of the infamous Mr. Crawford’s name on Mayberry Commercial Street? His great name had already been the talk of

that this would be

car shop, he looked very anxious. Moreover, even though they were taunting

And the Lamborghini Reventon.

That was Gerald’s car!

Gerald hosted a banquet in one of the most expensive

had been extremely

not known? Gerald was that Mr.

down on the

still in disbelief and he asked the

referring to, called Gerald Crawford?

sales consultant nodded before he replied, “Yes, don’t you

weird as he asked

in that manner. He initially thought that they were possibly even more powerful compared to Gerald. As

“Oh my god!”

stunned

even more strained expression on her face. The person that she despised and looked down on, was actually someone whom she could never

of friends were clouded by a lot of feelings and they really just

go and take a look? Perhaps, there are two people with the same names?” Howard and Nathaniel

clearly still in self-denial

“Okay, I agree!”

“I agree!”

up! Otherwise, we will not be able to

wiped away his cold sweat before he hurried off to get his

stepping on his

ran through

arrived at

already barren and there were only a dozen floors built in this building before the project was abandoned

downstream branches of the moat at Mayberry City

a

surface of the river. However, due to soil erosion, the water

dangerous and they

this place in the

expect you to

It was Nigel, who was looking down at Gerald from a

Instead,

this time round he seemed to look much darker.

Nigel had bound her up tightly and he even sealed her mouth with a

“Woo…woo…woo…”

Gerald. She was trying to yell, why are you so silly?! What are you doing here? Hurry up and